April 5, 2008
2008 Spring Open House Jewelry Show
Happy Easter!,
Spring Open House Jewelry Show was held on 28th and 29th of February.
All hand-made original jewelry of Joekeltje
We celebrated 2 year anniversary of open house jewelry show.
Stunning classic jewelry
Spring is the time for you to get fresh look!
Classic white & pink pearl jewelry is must item for this season.
Variety of south sea pearl jewelry, new stone pendants with pearls
We have also lined up Japanese akoya pearl jewelry and big and shiny south
sea pearl jewelry for upgraded look.
Stone pendants were very popular for a new look with pearl jewelry.
Many customers enjoyed shopping finding one of the kind one.
We had about 100 jewelry lovers to enjoy shopping in our salon to find only one kind of jewelry for her.
Joekeltje is the place to find out what really suits you and shine on you!
bird nest card holder & our decorator, Kazuyo with her collage.
Our pearl fashion collage with springy hints was made by our decorator,
Kazuyo. There were art motif everywhere, like the bird nest card holder.
Home made cake by Yuki, the designer, Chestnut chocolate cake
Guests were invited to enjoy teatime with home made cakes by Yuki, the
designer. After 5pm on Friday, glass wine was served, too!
We loved meeting so many wonderful jewelry lovers!
Spanish beauty & Asian beauty
Italian jewelry lover, airline beauties
Kayoko, the jazz pianist, Atsuko, the career woman
Thank you for the wonderful performance!
Yuki & staff thank you for everything!
It was the most international open house jewelry show.
We truly enjoyed meeting so many wonderful people.
Thank you for coming to our jewelry show to make this event unforgettable.
We will be back on 29th & 30th of May with our upgraded jewelry and service.
Yuki, the designer
June 24, 2007
Joekeltje 5th Open House Jewelry Show
On May 31 & June 1, 2007, we had our 5th open house jewelry show.
Under our theme of the show, 'Tri-color Summer', we have displayed many
fascitinating colorful summer jewelleries, some with sky blue turquoise,
passionate red coral, pure white pearl & quartz.
Also we had a simple business line of jewelry with quality pearls.
Gorgeous pearl jewelry with summer color
We presented enjoyable lifestyle of jewelry with summer tint.
quality pearl earrings, new arrivals
New! Quality southsea pearls with great price, popular long necklaces
Trendy long necklaces with colorful semi-precious stones and champagne
gold southsea pearls, and pierced earrings with quality pearls were the
popular ones this time.
New items were quality southsea pearl pendants at bargain prices. We have
made them wishing all our customers brilliant futures as brilliant as the
pearls.
Many fashionable ladies enjoyed shopping for 2 days.
All the staff passionately prepared jewelry, dessert buffet & displays
for our dear customers.
Both days were filled with smiles and laughteer from over 120 people who
wisited.
Artistic pearl collage by Kazuyo, the decorater
Our chief decorator, Kazuyo, is in charge of displays. On top of the regular
display, that we change each time, she made a collage of pearls with magazine
clippings. We have received lots of compliments.
Popular strawberry cake, blueberry cheese cake & finger sandwiches
All the guests were invited to have a complimentary coffee/tea with our
home made pastries. All cakes, best in town, are made by Yuki, the designer,
who welcomes all the guests personally.
Fun tea time with friends, international friendship
Most fahionable ladies, we enjoy seeing how you dress with our jewelry!
Pearl jewelry with personal attention is our goal, too. We enjoyed meeting
all of our customers and are happy if you bring home our happy feeling
as well as our jewelry.
Our multi-lingual staff with personal attention
Time really flies when you meet all those wonderful people.
We will be back this fall with even more upgraded jewelry and service.
Thank you for all the wonderful moments and we look forward to seeing you.
Yuki, the designer
March 5, 2007
Joekeltje's Spring Open House Jewelry Show
Joekeltje's Spring Open House Jewelry Show was held on March 2, 2007. It
was our 4th show comemorating our 1 year anniversary of the open house
event.
We had a successful lively day with many guests.
Many guests arrived at the opening hour & enjoyed jewelry shopping.
Our theme this time was 'Fantastic Spring & Summer with Pink &
Gold Pearls' . With that theme, we had many brilliant original jewelry
with pink and gold fresh water pearls as well as champagne gold south sea
pearls.
The guests had a memorable moment trying out all of those jewelries finding
the one best for them.
Our most popular jewelry was casual necklaces with south sea pearls.
This time, the popular ones were our new casual necklaces with champagne
gold south sea pearls and shiny fresh water pearls.
Very long necklaces which you can tie in front and lariats which you can
wear many different ways were very popular this time.
We create elegant and original jewelry for every day to brighten your day!
Nicely packed gift jewelry, fun sale section with great value!
New! original mobile phone straps, pretty earrings.
Our gift jewelry corner was set up. Guests enjoyed selecting nicely packaged
jewelry for their friends and loved ones.
Our new hot item was Joekeltje's original mobile phone straps which are
very popular in Japan. Decorate your mobile phones, digital cameras and
keys with these limited edition shiny pearl straps!
Lively easter decoration welcomed our guests!
The space was decorated with easter atmosphere to give more hint of spring.
Our famous home made dessert buffet, relaxing tea time.
Tea time with our home made dessert buffet by Yuki the designer added the
relaxing moments for the guests to enjoy. This is the premier cake selection
you must try especially in Hong Kong, where it is hard to find tasty pastries!
International guests from Holland, Spain & Germany,etc.. Male guest,too!
Our open house jewerlty show had an international atmosphere with guests
from Holland, Spain, Germany, Chile, Australia, USA and Taiwan. Also it
was nice to have male guest to add color to our event.
We had a very enjoyable and successful day with many guests leaving with
smiles.
We wish you a lot of happiness with our jewelry.
Our friendly staff, all bilingual & multilingual
We truly enjoyed having so many nice guests.
We will be back to meet you all at the end of May again with even more
upgraded jewelry and service.
Thank you and see you at our next open house!
Yuki, the designer
February 28, 2007
Queen of pearl, the story of south sea pearl
Two more days to go before Joekeltje's open house jewelry show.
We, the staff are all in full motion to prepare fot the fun day for all.
We have lined up many fabulous original jewelry.
Today, we would like to talk about queen of pearl, south sea pearl and
our new casual jewelry line with them.
our new jewelry with south sea pearl & fresh water pearl
Since Mr. Kokichi Mikimoto succeeded to produce the first cultured pearl,
we can see many different kind of pearls today. Akoya pearls from Japan
is well known.
Long before then, pearls used to be so precious and expensive. It is a
well known story that the land where Cartier shop on 5th avenue in New
York was traded with pearl. However, pearl is now affordable jewelry for
us.
Fresh water pearls have been quite popular since it is rather affordable.
They mainly come from China, Fresh water pearl shells can culture many
pearls at the same time. The quality of fresh water pearls is rapidly improving.
You can find very good ones for not so much money.
We now live in the greatest era for the pearls fans.
And now the time is now shifting towards the queen of pearl, south sea
pearls.
South Sea pearls are now the most prefered pearls these days. Those big
pearls come from warm sea near by Australia, Tahiti, Indonesia, etc.
White and Gold South sea pearls are mainly off the coast of Australia,
Indonesia, Philippines ' Myammar.
Black pearls from Tahiti are also quite popular.
Since it takes over 7 years for shells to get ready to make pearls, it
is now one of the most expensive type of pearls these days. The shells have to be big enough to accomodate big pearl cores. That is why they are so expensive sometimes. Some of very good south sea
pearl necklace can cost tens of thousands of US dollars.
Combination of south sea pearls & garnet, white jade, Southsea pearls
with unique fresh water pearls.
Joekeltje has selected affordable range of southsea pearls and made them into stunning
necklaces combining them with fresh water pearls and other semi-precious
stones.
You summer will be wonderfully colored with these champagne gold friendly
sized south sea pearls、They are elegant jewelry all very careflly hand
made to brighten your everyday life.
Try them on to have lots of fabulous and fun moment !
Pearls are natural product. Please wipe off dust and sweat with soft cloth after use. It is advisable to lay the necklace flat so that the strings do not get pressure.
4 February, 2007
4th Joekeltje's Open House on 2 March, 2007!
＊Spectacular spring & summer with pink & gold pearls!*
Long awaited Joekeltje's open house is coming soon on Friday, the 2nd of March, 2007!
Why not find an unique & original jewelry just for you?
Joekeltje, the jeweller which presents you the enjoyable lifestyle with
jewelry is now organizing its 4th Open House, a popular event in Hong Kong.
In this event, you can try on many jewelry until you find the only and
right ones for you.
Popular home made desert buffet & cozy tea salon
You can also enjoy our famous desert buffet all homemade by Yuki, the designer.
This is another reason our open house is so popular.
The theme of the Open House this time is,
The spectacular spring & summer with pink & gold pearls
We would like to suggest to decorate your spring and summer with our new
jewelry line of pink and gold colored pearls.
Lots of new jewelry from formal to casual style
Yuki, the designer was a bookworm when she was a little girl. She found
an exciting adventure book of Moomin in the school library. She was so
fascinated by Moomin books written by Tove Jansson, the famous Finnish
author. Moomin stories are popular children's story translated in many
languages all over the world. The production of the animated TV program
made it even more popular.
One of the books talked about a saying in the Moominvalley how to predict
the coming summer. You will know what kind of summer you are going to encounter
when you spot the first butterfly in the spring.
The summer will be calm and peaceful when the first butterfly you see is
white.
It will be wonderful summer if the butterfly is yellow.
But the first butterfly they saw in the Moomin Valley that year was gold!
Gold is the color which should be more than wonderful!
The summer will be spectacular!
Yuki, the designer read all the stories of Moomin. And when she thought
she knew enough English at secondery school. (in Japan you start to learn
English at the age of 12), she decided to write to Ms. Tove Jansson, trying
to tell her how she loved Moomin and the stories. The author wrote her
back. The letter was all hand written.
In that letter, Ms. Jansson wrote; she wanted to tell the readers the way
of life through her books of Moomin.
The way of life is what we seek.
Joekeltje would like to present enjoyable lifestyles with jewelry. With
our heartful original jewelry, we would like to see lots of smiles with
our jewelry, which is one way of life to us..
We make our jewelry hoping your spring and summer will be decorated with
lots of colorful fun events with our jewelry.
Lots of gifts items beautifully prewrapped. New amber line
Besides lots of new lines of unique and original jewelry by Yuki, .we also have many gift items already nicely pre-wrapped.
Our sale items are must see, too!
Don't miss this fun popular event of Hong Kong!
Please e-mail us for the details.
Joekeltje_pearls@hotmail.com
Yuki & staff welcome you with warm smiles
To view about Ms. Tove Jansson and Moominvalle, you can visit;http://www.tampere.fi/muumi/english/moominvalley.htm
January 18, 2007
Nostalgic Bangkok
I had a chance to go to Bangkok.
I have visited Bangkok many times, but each time I go there, the speed
of development of the city always astonishes me.
Chao Praya River with high rises, pop coloued taxis, Modern Sky Train
The sight of big elephants walking on the streets of Bangkok fascinated me when I got there for the first time 20+ years ago. Now the city of Bangkok is a big metropolitan. Amazing high rise buildings, pop and vivid colours of
taxis, efficient Sky Train system add the modern taste of the cosmopolitan.
But I also love the side streets filled with old fashion Bangkok sentiment.
Friends from Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program,
Suchart & Berm, Lily & Kannikar
I have many precious friends who joined the Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program. This program is an exchange program sponcered by Japanese government. It has been over 20 years, but just seeing them brings back the memories instantly. They are very very special freinds of my lifetime.
Although it was a short notice, 4 friends of ship program came to see me.
I haven't seen them for years, but we had a really good time together.
We have decided that we should meet more often because it was just so much
fun to be with. Suchart, Berm, Lily, Kannikar are all very successful in
their careers.
Meeting good friends really gives you energy!
The highlight of this Bangkok trip is meeting Blanche, my best friend,from
Holland. She came to see her parents who stay in Asia for 3 months fleeing
from cold and wet during the winter time of Europe
It was a treasure moment to see them and hear all those stories of Ben,
the father of Blanche, who had so many fantasitic and unique experiences.
With de Leeuws, Blanche and Mr. & Mrs. de Leeuw
I got to go to many different places in Bangkok, but the afternoon tea
at Oriental Hotel was was one of the impressive places. It was a luxurious
moment with a nice ambiance. Of course, Joekeltje's pearls add some colour
to my attire.
A boat to Oriental Hotel, Western afternoon tea, Thai afternoon tea
You can take a nostalgic boat to Oriental Hotel. You can feel a nice breeze.
Their afternoon tea is famous for its many selections of tea.
Blanche, who is almost an expert of tea chose Marco Polo tea from Frere
Marriage, a well known tea house of France.
You can choose afternoon tea either western or Thai. Mr. de Leeuw suggested
to get both.
Thai sweets, Thai flavoured scone.
A bit spicy Thai sandwiches, pretty & tasty western style sweets
Western tea sets are very beautifully presented. All of them are very tasty.
Thai afternoon tea set is very colorful and nicely presented. Some Thai
sweets are made of rice flours and coconut milk. Scones are slightly green
and go well with jam and clotted cream.
This artistic presentation gave me some nice ideas for our coming Open
House.
Waterlilies, bright colored orchid
Precious moments of meeting with wonderful people.
The trip to see and appreciate.
All those give me ideas to improve.
We wish you a very happy 2007.
Yuki, the designer
A Happy New Year!
December 26, 2006
With love from Oregon by Joekeltje
Lewman Winery, Oregon USA
This Christmas, one dream of Joekeltje came true.
You can now see our jewelry in the tasting room of Lewman Winery in Salem,
Oregon, USA.
Believing in beautiful life of having a nice meal with good wine and jewelry.,
we were dreaming of having our jewelry for sale at a good winery.
Nicely diplayed Joekeltje's jewelry on a great grandfather's handmade chest
Lewman winery is the place where you can buy great wines and see our jewelry.
Kaoru & Dennis Lewman, grapes in winery
Oregon is now worldly famous for good wine and many people come to visit
from all over the world. Dennis & kaoru Lewman have been producing
wonderful wine from organic grapes. They put their hearts in winemaking.
Lewman Pinot Noir
I had a chance to taste their Pinot Noir in Hong Kong the other day.
It was a very tasty wine with a nice bouquet. Normally Pinot Noir is a
light red wine, but this Lewman wine had was medium bodied with which you
can enjoy many kinds of food. I thought some Japanese food could go very
well with it as well as western food.
This is also a wine that stimulates your cooking creativity!
They won 92 points with an American wine magazine from the beginning. You
can order this carefully produced limited edition wine through the internet.
It is a great honour to have our jewelry line in this unique and lovely winery in USA. We wish our new American customers of jewelry to enjoy their lives with our jewelry!
Nicely displayed Joekeltje's jewelry
Please remember Joekeltje's JewelryandLewman Winery!
Lewman Winery
6080 Bethel Heights Rd. NW Salem, OR 97304, USA
Tel: 503-365-8859
fax: 503-587-8569
Website of Lewman Winery：
http://web.mac.com/happylife777l
You can find about Joekeltje in Special.
e-mail： oregoncountry@mac.com
Dec 3, 2006
Christmas Open House Sale 2006
Our first Christmas Open House jewelry show was held on November 24, 2006.
About 60 guests came by and enjoyed Christmas shopping..
Christmas tree welcomed guests. Guests enjoying shopping
We had lined up lots of Christmas gifts, sale items as well as our new
arrivals. We had many guests coming by all day to enjoy shopping.
New arrivals, lots of pendant necklaces with snowman pearls
Our theme this time was Christmas.
We had lots of new arrivals with fun and pretty snowman freshwater pearl
necklaces and pendants. Turquoise pendant necklaces in green added more
Christmas spirit!.
Lovely gifts already wrapped for you,! Feel the romance of Jurassic era
with our amber products!
We also had lots of small Christmas gift items already wrapped for you.
Small fresh water pearls in a sweet pink boxes and magnetic necklaces which
could be some conversation pieces were offered in amazingly good price.
Some people bought them in bulks for Christmas.
We presented our new Amber line this holiday season.
Amber is something we cannot have enough of. The fossil of tree juice from
Jurassic Era is very popular among older generation since it is not only
precious but also very very light in weight.
Our aim is to introduce this jewelry to every age by adding the lure of
pearls to its brown candy like texture. We have been producing our original
design amber jewelry for a few years and is now inquired by an exclusive
department store chain in Japan.
Very popular Yuki's home made cake buffet,. Relaxing moment after shopping
Joekeltje's open house is well known for unlimited fun moment of trying
so many jewelry and fabulous home made cake buffet by Yuki, the designer
with tea/coffee.
This time, we had 9 varieties of cakes and cookies, all home made.
Guests were welcomed to have relaxing moment enjoying lovely teatime after
their busy shopping.
Our friendly staff, Gillian & Jan who came by.
Time flew and we all had a fun day welcoming guests all day from 10am till
5pm, our closing time!
Joekeltje's Open House is a fun event with jewelry, cakes and friendly
staff.
We would like to welcome our guests in the spring time with upgraded product and service.
We truly enjoyed meeting all of you.
Thank you for the lovely moment.
Yuki, the designer
We wish you Merry Christmas!
November 19, 2006
The Party 2006 by Maguire's & friends
We have held our annual gala party the other day.
Charles, the general producer of the party, Many guests mingling
The Maguire family hosted a party on a Saturday in November inviting all
the friends who added to the joy of living in Hong Kong.
This year, we welcomed about 70 guests to join the fun.
Since this event has become bigger each year, we changed the name of the
party to "The Party by Maguire's and Friends" since so many people
lent us a hand to make this fun event come true.
Our receptionists, Minori, Kazuyo & Caroline with Catalina
All the guests registered at the reception and received a party kit. Our
human bingo sheet is one of our secret successes. It is a bingo sheet full
of fun questions about the other guests. The only way to complete the Human
Bingo is to go around and talk to the other guest. This is how every single
guest can enjoy mingling with everyone.
Our dear receptionists, Kazuyo, Minori & Caroline add a warm welcoming
spirit to our party.
You can find new buddy with Human Bingo, Naoko & Anne, Kate & Alejandro
The party was filled with a lot of laughter as everyone got to know each
other through Human Bingo. Lots of new and old friends enjoy fun conversations.
Bartender team in brown aloha uniform, Tom & Robert, Li-Hong with drinks
We set up our bar at the poolside this year to make the flow of guests
more dynamic. Five bartenders volunteered and were there to attend all
the guests. Everyone enjoyed meeting everyone all because of those volunteers.
Our bartenders were, Tom from Switzerland, Robert, Mark & Art from
USA and Li-Hong from China. Thank you all for your hard work!
Wonderful buffet by friends, children waiters to welcome the guests
Sake tasting by Kuncho Sake Brewery, Japan, Hanako from Kuncho
We had a gorgeous buffet with international specialities by our guests.
Everything was all so tasty. The children of ours and neighbors served
the guests going around with the food. It was a good experience for the
children, too.
Thanks to everyone for bringing the lovely food.
Also, we had special guests from Kuncho Sake Brewery from Japan. We had our first sake tasting and it was a real bonus for the guest to enjoy.
Special thanks to Yuko & Hanako Tomiyasu from Kuncho Brewery, Oita,
Japan
The Red Passions coached by Misako, the dance director
The highlight of the party is, of course, our showtime by our entertainment
team.
The showtime, which started as a small singing show by Yuki years ago to
entertain the guests, is now a big musical event with so many talented
guests.
This year, we presented 'West Side Story'.
The show started with our popular dance scene by Misako & the Red Passions. Misako flew in all the way from Tokyo to make our 6 selected guests into dancers with only 15 minutes training.
Their dance was choreographed representing 'Sharks' & 'Jets' from West Side Story.
The dancers were, Buddy from USA, Bernard from Australia, Hiro from Japan,
Mark from USA, Marcello from Chile, David from USA. The Audience could
not get enough of these All Star Dancers! Applause!
Rob as Tony, Yuki was Maria
Savannah, Yuki & Mari, Eric the pianist & Minori was in charge
of music score
The dancers turned it over to our Baritone singer, Rob, to sing 'Maria'
in Solo.
His beautiful voice impressed the audience.
Soprano singer Yuki sang as Maria to join the harmony.
Mari & Savannah joined as our little dancers & singers to do big
roles.
Our musical director, Rob choreographed and wrote words to make the show
spectacular.
All the nine songs we sang were impressively beautiful. The 30 minutes
show "flew by so fast", were the comments from the audience.
The Grand finale was Amigos para siempre sung by team & guests
The grand finale was Amigos Para Siempre. This song, which was an ending
theme for Barcelona Olympic Games means 'Friends forever'. As the meaning
of the song, we all shared our precious moment with everyone of our dear
friends singing.
It was a truly impressive moment.
Bingo caller, Ted, Bingo guitarist, Eric. Lots of fun prizes
Bingo time was another highlight.
This year, on top of Ted, the bingo caller's fun talk, Eric played the guitar for us to sing 'Bingo' song. It truly brought us together.
Yumiko & Kiyoko, Katsuko, Rika, Shiro, the charisma healer & Noriko
Listening to the music, all so serious with Bingo numbers!
Anthony, Rita & Jennifer, Cecilia, Ludmila, Christine & Carmen-Luz
Most of the guests stayed until 12pm and left laughing & smiling after
this fun event. The fun time really flies!
We have received so many nice emails saying they all enjoyed and are already
waiting for the next year's party. We, the hosts, feel so honored!
All of this is because of our great friends who lend us helping hands.
We really appreciate to have this circle of wonderful friends.
We would like to thank all the guests who were part of the fun.
Also, special thanks to Family MacDonalds, Family Bochniks, Family Forrers,
Family Tomiyasu, Libby Vaughan, Misako Carroll and Rob Lamb.
It was truly an event filled with fun to feel the importance of friendship.
Someday, we would love to have an event like this with Joekeltje family,
too!
Yuki, the designer
October 22, 2006
Joekeltje's jewelry for Ms. Rita Coolidge!
One of our necklace is now owned by Ms. Rita Coolidge, who won Grammy Awards
.
Ms. Rid Coolidge's Ever Green Pink necklace
Ms. Rita Coolidge is a very famous singer who is a 2 times of Grammy Award winner.
She sang many big hits of 70s & 80s like, 'Higher and higher' and also
very well known as a song maker of hits of Carpenters and Boz Scags.
She is still holding a lot of concerts all over the world.
She is now happily married with a Japanese professor in California. This
time, the friends of her husband chose Joekeltje's original necklace for
their late wedding gift.
I wish Ms. Coolidge & her husband Mr. Suda a happy marriage life and
singing happiness with our necklace!
Yuki, the designer
Official site of Ms. Rita Coolidge http://www.ritacoolidge.com/
October 14, 2006
Joekeltje's open house jewelry show on Nov. 24, Friday!
Long awaited Joekeltje's open house jewelry show will be held on November
24, 2006, Friday from 10am to 5pm.
The event is now popular as a event which creates a fun atmosphere with
jewelry.
You can try them all! Famous free coffee with all homemade cakes by Yuki
As the holiday season is coming soon, why don't you get our lovely jewelry
gifts for yourself, your family and friends ?
We have many new beautiful jewelry with all great price lined up for you!
We take pride that all our jewelry are original and very well made with
carefully selected materials.
High quality and great design pearl products are all waiting for you.
Gift boxes are available.
Also, you could enjoy famous Yuki's homemade pastries with coffee and tea.
Why not relax and enjoy the teatime after your shopping?
November 24, 06 (Friday) 10am-5pm
Please contact
joekeltje@netvigator.com (English)
joekeltje_pearls@hotmail.com (Japanese)
We will send you invitation by e-mail.
We had over 70 people visiting last time and many customers have requested
to have another open house.
Yuki & friendly staff
Yuki, the designer & her staff are all looking forward to seeing you!
May 10, 2006
The 2nd Joekeltje Open House on May 26,06 (Fri)!
Long awaited 2nd Open House will be held on May 26,06 (Friday).
We have many new arrivals for you to take a close look.
Also, you could enjoy famous Yuki's homemade pastries with coffee and tea.
May 26, 06 (Friday) 10am-5pm
Please contact
joekeltje@netvigator.com (English)
joekeltje_pearls@hotmail.com (Japanese)
We will send you invitation by e-mail.
Yuki's home made cakes, Joekeltje's Original Jewelry
We had over 70 people visiting last time and many customers have requested
to have another open house.
We are all looking forward to seeing you with our upgraded products and
service.
Designer Yuki
Mar 4, 2006
Joekeltje's 1st Open House
We held our first Open House event on Mar 3, 2006.
The sun was shining on this clear, blue sky spring day and we had the pleasure
of welcoming about 70 people. They enjoyed choosing their favorite from
about 300 items of our jewelry.
The fun of choosing jewelry out of about 300 items..
Yuki, the designer, had prepared many kinds of delicious home made cakes
and pastries for the event. The people who had finished choosing jewelry
had a chance to enjoy high tea. afterwards
All home made!
The desert buffet was made of all homemade cakes including strawberry short cake, blueberry cheese cake, etc. Joekeltje thinks the moment to indulge with tea and cake is also very important when you choose jewelry.
Our customers after choosing jewelry
Kid's corner Amber, earrring & rings
One corner turned into a kid's corner where moms took turns enjoying our jewelry and watching small kids. It is our great pleasure to serve those customers who demonstrate great teamwork.
Ms. Mizuno, the teddy bear artist, Our new collection of lariats
Ｓｏｎｓｏｌｅｓ，Ｐａｔｒｉｃｉａ，Ｇａｂｒｉｅｌａ， Two best friends
We had many Japanese customers but also a variety of other nationalities
whom gave an international touch to our Open House.
Robert, the singer and English tutor
Robert, the singer and English tutor, came by and helped Japanese customers
who are developing their English skills.
We were overwhelmed with such a good response to our 1st Open House. We
are preparing for our next event in May with even more upgraded products
and service.
Also, Salon Joekeltje, in which you can enjoy choosing jewelry in small groups followed with
our popular tea service with homemade cakes, has started. Please make an
appointment beforehand.
joekeltje_pearls@hotmail.com
We were all delighted to see everyone leaving with big smiles. Designer
Yuki & staff also had a wonderful day.
Thank you for all and see you next time!
Yuki, the designer
Nov 23, 2005
Anuual Party Night 2005 by the Maguires
Charles, the host & Yuki Children of ours & neighbors helped,
too!
The Maguires invited all the friends & people, who we always are thankful,
to our home party on a beautiful day in November. It took place on Nov.
19 this year. We started with a small party years ago, but when we add
some ideas over the years, it got bigger and bigger. This year, some 70
people came and joined the fun.
We have been having our party in our home until last year, but now that
our friendship network has gotten so big, we moved it to our club house.
This party was filled with so many surprises and well organised events,
we now have some friends who moved away overseas but came back for this
particular event.
Our goal is to share our joy of having so many wonderful friends. And we
can achieve to have fun without spending so much money. Our party is a
real fun party made by so many people. So many people volunteered to make
this dream come true.
Our fabulous buffet, showtime entertainments are all home & hand made.
All those talented people presented their skills and it was amazingly so
professional. This unique event is nowhere to find..
Our fabulous buffet Many people made contribution
Our famous international party buffet is mostly contributed by our talented
friends. Yuki also turned into Yuki, the caterer and cooked for 3 days.
And most of all, what all the guests were looking for everytime was our
specutacular show time. Our performance teams present wonderful music and
dance show. And also a fun bingo game.
From left top, Eric(Pianist), Rob(Baritone), Yuki(Soprano)
From left front, Savannah & Mari(Back chorus)
Our show time began with our music performance team's "The Phantom
of the Opera".
We performed 3 musics.
Think of me
The Phantom of the Opera
All I ask of you
These are all very difficult music with very broad range of sounds.
We have practiced so much for this day's event. The result was so wonderful
and everyone enjoyed the show.
This 5 people team is a very international. The members are Eric, the pianist
(Canada), Rob,, the Baritone singer (New Zealand), Yuki, the Soprano singer
(Japan) and 2 young prominent back chorus singers, Savannah(USA) and Mari(Canada
&Japan)
Rob surprised audience Yuki with long gawn & pearls
Our wonderful baritone singer, Rob is also an acting instructor. He surprised
the audience singing in the middle of the tune. as well as Savannah &
Mari, our back chorus girls. Yuki sang with her 3 octave range of voice.
The audience enjoyed our theater of the musical with big surprise.
The audience & back chorus girls. We all sang Edelwise together!
Our next highlight of the party is the dance performance.
Misako, the entertainer trains 6 male guests into the passionate sexy dancers
in 15 minutes. The performance was even greater after finishing some bottles
of wine.
Misako & The Red Passions Grand finale
This tradition of male dancers started 2 years ago. It has been a very very popular program and there are many who want to join the group. The Maguires have many international friends. Dancers are Dennis (Singapore), Li-Hong (China), Luigi (Chile), Arturo(Argentina), Tom (Switzerland) and Paddy (Ireland).
This dancing perfomance started 2 years ago with our famous dance instuructor,
Misako. She trains these amateur dancers in 15 min to perform.
It has been a big success. A wonderful opportunity to have a team spirit
and a great chance to have new friends when you are in the dancing team
while learning how to dance to perform.
Boys in team spirit, Team spirit line dancing team
There are already candidates for the next show since their wives want their
husbands in the team.
This time, Misako & The Red Passions, our dance team performed sexy
& gorgeous dance with newly aquired red Elvis Presley-like uniforms
"Hidden talent revealed!", said some of the dancers.
You never know what kind of careers might be waiting for them!
Thank you, Misako for this brilliant performance.
Please come back to Hong Kong for our party next year! We are all waiting
for you!
Ted, our bingo caller
Have you gotten the no? Yeah, I have it!
We concluded our party with bingo. We laughed a lot with Ted, our bingo
caller. Exchanging gifts was another big fun.
Alejandra & Ludmila Sonsoles & Carmen-Luz
Hoshinos & Mr. Fukui Lamms from Shanghai
We had such a fun together and it was really hard to say good bye to everyone. We are so happy to see our friends becoming our other friends.
Most of them stayed until 12am when the party was over.
We would like to thank the MacDonalds, the Carrolls, the Bochniks, Rob
the singer, ladies from the Gaitsuma-kai, Mah-jong ladies, our beloved
neighbors. Ms. Yamazaki and everyone who came to the party and helped us
to make this party complete.
Saori, Misako & Naoko, the party committee girls
Thank you for making this memorable party together.
Many people left promising to meet at the next year's party.
The fun will go on, so does our friendship.
With lots of love from
Yuki, the designer, the caterer and the entertainer
Oct. 3, 2005
Future stars of Denmark
From left, Australian Kris, Tue, Chris & Rasmus from Denmark, Madz,
the host.
I met the future stars of Denmark.
Last Saturday, I was invited for a party at my children's friend's house.
Many foreigners organize parties in Hong Kong because the land is small
and we cannot go far for weekend trips.
My husband and I also sometimes organize some home parties, but this time
it was at our Danish friends' house.
I had my newly made pearl pendant and earrings. Sometimes the jewelry can
be a good conversation piece. When I meet some new people, I try to have
appropriate jewelry pieces with matching clothes.
It was a fun filled evening that passed quickly.
Denmark is situated in northern Europe where people are very tall. Hong
Kong has many nationalities living here, but they are the first Danes I
got to know in Hong Kong.
The tall and funny host, Madz, also invited 2 Danish exchange students.
They are currently studying law in Hong Kong originally from the University
of Copenhagen in Denmark. They came along with one Danish friend and an
Australian exchange student. Tue, the tallest guy, was 2 meter tall. My
neck got tired when talking to him.
"Don't you get tired when you always have to look down?", asked
I.
"I am very tall even in Denmark. So I am used to this.", said
Tue.
They speak perfect English. They are interested in many things. Very polite
and pleasant. They seem to adapt very well in this Asian environment.
"Denmark is a small country. That is why we have to learn to speak
foreign languages like English", they said. "That is very open-minded
thought", I thought.
Chris, who is visiting from Denmark, is a successful businessman. He has a shop and also an internet shopping site for official football uniforms.
"Last Christmas, the average Danish bought at least one present through
the internet. It will soon be an internet shopping age!"
He told me his dreams and goals passionately.
"These guys are the future of Denmark", said Madz, the host.
Indeed, it is nice to see wonderful boys. I am sure those boys will create
the bright future of Denmark.
I wish my boys once would be like them, creating bright future of the world.
Those 4 boys will be traveling to Tokyo & Kansai area in Japan next
week, If you see them there, why don't you say hello to them?
Yuki, the designer
September 28, 2005
Hong Kong Jewelry Fair 2005
Hong Kong Jewelry and Watch Fair was held from Sept 21 till Sept 25. Designer
Yuki joined the fair, too. This year was the biggest so far. I walked and
walked all 5 days through the jewelry. It was really interesting.
Mr Yamagiwa from Yamagiwa Pearl,South seapearl pendant (13.5mm), Southsea pearl earrings
South sea pearls are all arranged with diamonds and 18K white gold.
Mr. Yamagiwa from Yamagiwa Pearl is always the first person to pay tribute
at the jewelry fair.
Born in a pearl farming family, he spent his entire life with pearls. He
grew up eating Akoya clam miso soup. He knows pearls inside and out. He
got experience working in a major pearl company and later he opened his
own company.
Since he has a tremendous amount of pearl experience, he is well known
for dealing with high quality pearls. Joekeltje also uses his selected
south sea and Akoya pearls and we only make customs made orders at this
time. However, you will soon be able to see some products on our website.
Canadian ammolite with Designer Yuki, Ammolite pendant with sterling silver
Now you can see Yuki, the designer in the picture!
I had a chance to look at ammolite at the fair. I have been interested
in ammolite since last year. Ammolite is a fossil of ammonite found only
in Canada. It is similar to opal, but the rainbow color is deeper and very
unique.
They say ammolite is good for fong-shui. It is said to bring good luck, especially good for fortune. They told me I would also get good luck by touching. So I got a picture taken with the big display ammolite.
The ammolite next to me was very very expensive.
When I was walking on the street in Hong Kong, I realized many ammolite
displayed in various jewelry shop windows. It is quite popular in Hong
Kong now.
I also ended up getting a pendant top shining in rainbow colors. ( You can see me wearing it in the picture.)
I got many other raw materials for my new designs. Please wait for my new original jewelry.
Yuki, the designer
Sept 11, 2005
Mah-Jong mornings with Spanish speaking ladies.
Mar-Jong ladies
I join these Spanish speaking ladies' Mah-Jong every week.
This Mar-Jong mornings are held by mostly Spanish speaking ladies in Hong Kong. Some Spanish speaking ladies in Hong Kong got together and decided to learn how to play Mah-Jong, the traditional Chinese game. The ladies are mainly from Spanish speaking countries, like Chile, Argentina, Spain and so on. There are some other nationalities, like American, British and me from Japan.
My father used to tell me that Mah-Jong could ruin life because it is a sort of gamble. So I never had a chance to learn. But this might help me remembering the Spanish language once I learned. And indeed, it was a fun-filled event.
In Hong Kong, where the ex-pats friends leave all the time, this is a great
opportunity to meet new people. Most of us are new to the game, so what
we do is far from gambling. We have a booklet of how to play Mah-Jong and
we are allowed to look into the book while playing. The members take turns
to host a morning.
We do have a lot of nationalities in this international city of Hong Kong.
But these Spanish speaking ladies and their friends are a lot of fun to
be with... They are fashionable themselves, but their house decoration
is also very nice. Each one has her own style and it demonstrates her personality.
The coffee table is always beautiful and it creates warm welcoming
atmosphere
Christine's coffee table
They are always very charming. The way they carry themselves is quite different
from that of Asians. There are many things I can learn from them.
As a jewelry designer, I always have eyes on their jewelry. They always
have something matching with their clothes. There are some who change their
jewelry going with their clothes and also some who always have their style
of jewelry and then match the clothes afterwards. I always enjoy being
around them besides playing Mah-Jong.
Now I must also brush up my Spanish.
It would be nice to adapt this Latin inspiration in my jewelry. Something
not so obvious, but subtle would be nice.... Latin inspiration widens my
horizon.
Yuki,. the designer
August 20, 2005
New Zealand Explored
We had a family trip to New Zealand. Our goal was to ski in this southern
hemisphere country. Winter clothes, ski gears are all packed.
"Here we go",we got on the airplane.
After arriving in Auckland, we realized that the blossoms were blooming.
We got all thick winter clothes, but this really looks like spring. The
temperature is 16 degrees Celsius. Can we really ski?
"Of course, you can!" said the agent at the rental car shop.
Anyway, we have to see. We got a great big camper van. We traveled through
North Island to South Island taking a ferry ride inbetween.
As the winter in NZ is relatively mild, you really have to go over 2,000
meter high to have some decent snow to ski.. It was our first time to ski
where it was not icy cold. On North Island, we got to jump into hot springs
in Taupo after skiing. It was a really fun. We can recommend NZ for a family
holiday.
one of our boys skiing
We were so astonished how much NZ got developed. When I went there for
the first time, the world was just beginning to know about NZ wine. Now
a days, NZ wines are very famous and they now produce a lot of premium
wines.
Wine tourism is very popular. You can taste and buy wine at the winery.
After tasting some glasses, you feel very happy.
There many kind of wineries various places in NZ. Those premium wine makers
have stylish tasting rooms. Labels are distinctive and many of those have
up market restaurants for you to enjoy good food and wine.
Some of wineries have displays of jewelry by local jewelry designer. It
was nice to look at their products.
You can enjoy jewelry even more with a wine glass in your hand.
Art of wine, art of jewelry.
The important thing is to enjoy your life!
Yuki, the designer
Coming Soon! Joekeltje's website in English
We finally finished our Japanese website. You can see all of our products
and explanations in Japanese. We are now working on our English edition.
Try to click on the jewelry pictures! We have received a lot of comments
asking when it will be 100 percent finished. We greatly appreciate your
attention. Following this translating, our newest products and progresses
will be placed on our website. We would appreciate your feedback.
We take orders!
You can see our various products on our website. In addition, you can place
orders to design your own. We are quite flexible and you can choose from
a wide range of materials. Please contact us for further information.
We got an order from Ms. K. in Tokyo the other day. She placed an order
for a ring with a South Sea pearl. We have chosen a trendy champagne colored
South Sea pearl with brilliant quality on a K18 white gold setting. She
now enjoys the 14mm pearl shining on her finger. Next, she is planning place an order for a pendant with a South Sea pearl
for her future daughter-in-law. 
We feel very honored to support a brand new couple just about to make a
brand new start!
You can see Joekeltje's products in stores!
You can now see the real products of Joekeltje in stores.
Stewardess Club
3-2-60, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 東京都新宿区神楽坂3-2-60
Miyasaka bldg. 1F (In the Kagurazaka shopping street)
Tel 03-3267-2741
Petit-hina(Rental dress boutique)
2-7-5 Yamate-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama 横浜市中区山手町2-7-5
Bay Stage Motomachi 204
Tel 045-651-3250
(By appointment only)
You can purchase our pierced and non-pierced earrings on Rakuten Flea Market
website.
(May 25, 2005 updated)
香港ジュエリーフェア
2004年9月に続いて12月の香港ジュエリーフェア(見本市)でジュエリーのトレンドを勉強してきました。各国のディーラーさんたちから宝石について貴重なお話を伺い、
来季のトレンドを見てきました。
2005年３月には世界でも有数の大きなジュエリーフェア（見本市）がまた香港で開催されます。私もジュエリー関係者としてまた気持ちを新たに勉強しております。
今年のトレンドは、トルコ石と珊瑚。
天然珊瑚は希少価値が高く、大変高価ですが、手ごろな着色の珊瑚がいろいろなカットを施されてそろっています。赤いハートを象徴する赤珊瑚と広い青空を思わせるトルコ石が気分を盛り上げてくれるのではと注目しています。
これに私の大好きな淡水パールとこの3種類から目が離せません。
デザイナー由紀子
（2005.01.17 UP）
